ANNOUNCING THE DERBY
FAST CABLE WORK [Pbe United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, June 3. Cable and Wireless Ltd. announces that it made special arrangements for sending the result of the Derby to all parts of the world. The name of the winning horse was known in Montreal, Fiji, and New Zealand only three seconds after it had passed the post at Epsom. The message took five seconds to reach Bombay, Jamaica, Melbourne, and Singapore, and six seconds to Hongkong. '
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Evening Star, Issue 22974, 3 June 1938, Page 8
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78ANNOUNCING THE DERBY Evening Star, Issue 22974, 3 June 1938, Page 8
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